I was reading another article indicating that both of the cops who shot him were rookies that had been on the force since October of last year. Sounds like there was a dangerous mix of inexperience and trigger happiness going on here.

Sybarite:I was reading another article indicating that both of the cops who shot him were rookies that had been on the force since October of last year. Sounds like there was a dangerous mix of inexperience and trigger happiness going on here.

1. Verify the address at which the alleged crime is taking place.2. If you don't verify the address, at least verify that the alleged crime is taking place.3. If you don't verify the crime, at least verify your alleged criminal.4. If you don't verify the criminal, at least verify that lethal force is necessary.5. If you don't verify that lethal force is necessary, at least truthfully report what happened.6. If you don't truthfully report what happened, at least have the dignity to put yourself on administrative leave.

Sweet Jesus, how bad do you have to suck at law enforcement, at being ethical, at being human, to fail that checklist?

wax_on How often do we hear about a SWAT team breaking in to a house and actually shooting someone who is a threat? Does that happen at all or is it always innocent people?/militarization of police forces is BAD.

I agree but this has not hing to do with that. This is about police hiring the wrong type of personality that are trained primary to save their own bacon and are not accountable for their mistakes.

miss diminutive:Police were dispatched to 409 Havenwood Lane on May 28 because of a reported burglary. The problem was that they went to 404 Havenwood Lane instead of their intended destination.

In their defence, math is hard.

But in most places 409 would be on the other side of the street from 404. You would think that the police would know better than to go to the address on the south side of the road when it should be on the north side.

vernonFL:Police were dispatched to 409 Havenwood Lane on May 28 because of a reported burglary. The problem was that they went to 404 Havenwood Lane instead of their intended destination.

If only there was some sort of global system that could be used to make sure you were at the correct address.

Maybe a system of satellites and receiving devices that map and plot your position across the globe?

People actually rely on those still? I thought all the stories of people getting directed 300 miles out of their way and mindlessly turning their cars to crash into trains taught people to look up where they are going first, not just plug the numbers in and hope it comes out right.

/cannot begin to tell you how many times she has bailed friends and family out of tight situations because their GPS thigamajig gave them bad directions, or there was a road closure. . Or or or or. . .//always looks up directions and then writes them by hand.

In defense of the cops, it can be very difficult to see the number on a house when the lighting is crappy or nonexistent. Getting the wrong house because of bad lighting is understandable.

In defense of intelligence, though, they were on the wrong farking side of the street! Nearly every place I have ever been in this country has odd numbers on one side of the street and even on the other. I imagine that the cops were looking the numbers as they drove by, and if they saw the numbers were 400 - 402 - 404 or 412 - 410 - 408 then why did they not turn their farking heads and start looking at the odd numbered houses?!?!?!?!?!?

So yeah, their stupidity completely cancels out any excuse for bad lighting and getting the wrong house. This should be manslaughter charges for the shooter(s) and the firing of everyone else involved on the response.

Mr. Eugenides:miss diminutive: Police were dispatched to 409 Havenwood Lane on May 28 because of a reported burglary. The problem was that they went to 404 Havenwood Lane instead of their intended destination.

In their defence, math is hard.

But in most places 409 would be on the other side of the street from 404. You would think that the police would know better than to go to the address on the south side of the road when it should be on the north side.

I don't think many people, even cops unfortunately, understand how house numbers work.

kidgenius:Mr. Eugenides: miss diminutive: Police were dispatched to 409 Havenwood Lane on May 28 because of a reported burglary. The problem was that they went to 404 Havenwood Lane instead of their intended destination.

In their defence, math is hard.

But in most places 409 would be on the other side of the street from 404. You would think that the police would know better than to go to the address on the south side of the road when it should be on the north side.

I don't think many people, even cops unfortunately, understand how house numbers work.

Mock26:In defense of the cops, it can be very difficult to see the number on a house when the lighting is crappy or nonexistent. Getting the wrong house because of bad lighting is understandable.

In defense of intelligence, though, they were on the wrong farking side of the street! Nearly every place I have ever been in this country has odd numbers on one side of the street and even on the other. I imagine that the cops were looking the numbers as they drove by, and if they saw the numbers were 400 - 402 - 404 or 412 - 410 - 408 then why did they not turn their farking heads and start looking at the odd numbered houses?!?!?!?!?!?

So yeah, their stupidity completely cancels out any excuse for bad lighting and getting the wrong house. This should be manslaughter charges for the shooter(s) and the firing of everyone else involved on the response.

Yeah, I know....only if those cops had a way of compensating for bad lightingOr: